I was hoping to get some trail runs in but it turns out Glendale is far from any mountains. I'm not a fan of pavement when it comes to running so I was lucky to find the Grand Canal dirt trail down the street from the hotel. Here are some pics from my two runs. I was eager to get more miles in but late nights and lots of beverages put a damper on it.
Did not know this ride went straight up into the mountains. This being my first group ride in months and being overweight I was dropped rather quickly. I enjoyed a nice solo ride afterwards. I'll be back to hang longer on this group ride in a few months.
Today's trail run was a great workout. The goal was to simply run the entire course without walking any of the steeper climbs. I managed to successfully run all the climbs and create some new Strava PRs. Today's run will be a good baseline for the rest of the winter and spring.
On the trainer during game 7 of the World Series. Exciting to see my home town team win after a 108 year drought. As a kid I spent many afternoons with my brother and mom at Cubs games and although I never got into playing baseball I do believe it sparked an interest to be athletic and competitive. I went on to play competitive football, basketball, wrestled, track & field, high school volleyball, XC mountain bike, ultramarathons and of course road cycling. Tonight's game was a great reminder to never give up, believe in yourself and with a little luck you can come out on top. Oh and a ton of hard work and sacrifice.
Awesome day for a trail run. No complaints with 70 degree weather in November! Stepped on the scale and I'm starting off at 195.8lbs. which is heavy. Lots of work to do!
This thing is awesome! To inflate you simply run around until it catches like a parachute then you quickly roll up the end and trap the air. My nephew's seem to find the coolest gadgets.
Getting dropped from a group ride gives you plenty of opportunity to stop and enjoy the view. Legs felt heavy and had nothing left in the tank. Wondering if it was the 2.5 hours of sleep I got because I couldn't stop watching Narcos on Netflix or the DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) from running 15 miles earlier this week. Going to take a quick nap and then go for a run because I can. Tomorrow I'm planning an epic long day in the saddle with what will hopefully be my longest ride of the season. A perfect setup to relax on my couch and watch football all afternoon.
Awesome run tonight! Planning on running every other day in hopes of losing more upper body weight. I guess we'll see in a couple months if it works. Need to get skinny for next season.
Watching the last stage of this year's Tour de France and feeling ever bit as excited as when I was 7 years old watching my first Tour.
I remember when too much caffeine was considered cheating. This is just crazy! Curious how many competitive amateur cyclist are motor doping?
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/04/19/sports/cycling/with-a-discreet-motor-doping-the-bike-instead-of-the-cyclist.html?referer=https://www.google.com/
It felt good to log in over a 100 miles today. Haven't done that in over 3 years and just decided today was going to be that day. Started with the FDR ride and was able to hang on much longer confirming my fitness is slowly improving. If all goes well I hope to be competitive come May. Let's see how the legs feel tomorrow morning.
4 days in a row of bike practice! Easily 3-4 years since I've had a 4 day block of training. Legs are tired but definitely coming around. Hoping to be competitive in the Meridian practice races come April. Tonight was a high cadence workout maintaining 100 rpms for the majority of the ride.
